Bambu Fitness Bali & high-volume + Stages Cycling new era

I have spent the past few days in Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia, taking a moment to pause & read my book (imagine!) as well as to catch up with Aaron Thomson, a friend & colleague of mine from the years we both lived & worked in Jakarta.

Aaron, along with his three business partners, each with a tangible different lane of expertise, all of which are all quite active in the day-to-day, co-owns Bambu Fitness Bali.

In the off-season…they serve a few hundred movement clients a day.

In peak season…far more than that. 🤯 Consistently. Every day. 🤯

Bambu is expanding their services & spaces offered to keep pace with its legitimate demand; directly behind their large gym & studio space (+ their tasty! cafe concept), their property is presently under construction.

Do know that Bambu is not a typical class-only boutique studio; they offer classes 6 days a week & staff enough coaches to attend to clients' form, direction & motivation during their larger classes. They as well offer Open Gym for those (like me yesterday who wanted to row & StairMaster only!) who prefer a non-class environment.

For 5 ½ years, I waitressed at Alice's Tea Cup on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, around the corner from the original infamous SoulCycle rear lobby. That was a high-volume job (& my most lucrative job ever in F&B) and we needed to get ‘em in, get ’em out…while still cultivating regulars & delivering on a warm experience; it was after all, a neighborhood place.

The way I witnessed Bambu serving their client volume was with a robust number of staff at their reception desk, all of whom were ready to engage in conversation with clients about anything & everything in a non-forced way. 

No disingenuous “where are you from?" here.

Think for a moment…if your facility does or hopes to hit those numbers daily…do you have operating systems for delivering information, packages and kindness, so that the numbers are steady across years? 

Hit reply if you want to chat about it. & if you're ready for more action, let's work through solutions on a general call or take advantage of my Happy Hour Audit.

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You might have seen that as of last week, the Stages Cycling bankruptcy drama has reached a new era.

I've not poked further to those-who-are-they (yet) but its looking good that the parts you may need for your existing bikes may no longer be a scramble to source. 🤞🏻

As always, I love to hear whatever you're working on; let me know how you are.